Classic Southern Gospel

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  • Release Date: 05/24/2005
  • Sales Rank: 5,288
  • Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
  • UPC: 093074013724

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Classic Southern Gospel

1LISTENI'm Working on a Building / The Bluegrass Boys 1:54
2LISTENNo Disappointments in Heaven / Dock Boggs 2:32
3LISTENWondrous Love / Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee 2:09
4LISTENAre You Washed in the Blood? / Red Allen 2:46
5LISTENWhat Are They Doing in Heaven Today? / Harry & Jeanie West 2:19
6LISTENThe Lost Soul / The Watson Family 3:01
7LISTENHallelujah Side / Ernest V. Stoneman 2:24
8LISTENWalking in Jerusalem (Just Like John) / The Country Gentlemen 2:18
9LISTENSinner, You'd Better Get Ready / The Lilly Brothers 3:01
10LISTENWhen He Reached Down His Hand for Me / The Bluegrass Boys 2:49
11LISTENAway Over in the Promised Land / The Phipps Family 2:18
12LISTENNo Tears in Heaven / Kilby Snow 2:32
13LISTENOld Country Church / Tom Morgan 2:53
14LISTENGlory to the Lamb / DeBusk-Weaver Family 2:46
15LISTENAmazing Grace / Clarence Ashley 3:57
16LISTENRiver of Jordan / The Poplin Family 2:12
17LISTENShake Hands With Mother Again / Allen Brothers 2:57
18LISTENGabriel's Call / Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard 2:17
19LISTENWhat Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul? / Doc Watson 4:31
20LISTENHe Said, If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep / The Stancer Quartet 2:58
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Editorial Reviews

After combing through their large vaults, the compilers at Smithsonian Folkways collected 22 performances -- largely from the late '50s and early '60s -- by a raft of Southern gospel artists to produce an excellent disc, Classic Southern Gospel. Southern gospel, in most contexts, means country or bluegrass-gospel as performed by whites, and these performances are no different. Opening with a live 1956 performance by Bill Monroe, the collection includes tracks by familiar names (Dock Boggs, Doc Watson, the Country Gentlemen) and many that are less familiar. It is the obscure performances, many released on CD for the first time, that shine here, including "Away Over in the Promised Land" by A.L. Phipps and the Phipps Family, "No Tears in Heaven" by Kilby Snow, and "Old Country Church" by Tom Morgan. Appearing in the liner notes is an essay, "Modern Southern Gospel Music," that may be educational for listeners, although it can't escape the dry academicism of a museum. Even the comments on the songs are rather pedantic too, adding four parenthetical commas to an earlier Bill Monroe quote. John Bush, All Music Guide

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